Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3830.153 · Subchapter D. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments or bonds under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.
(b) A petition requesting a project financed by assessment must be signed by:
(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or
(2) at least 50 owners of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment, if more than 50 persons own real property subject to the assessment in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.
(c) A petition requesting a project financed by bonds must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3830.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3eb546e2326065f41ad593bb47e357c09ae9b26c0f92dd10283a9849940e3715
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.